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Buncrana to host US Democrat
02.10.07
Buncrana will later
this month host second generation son Brian Kavanagh,
a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly.
Kavanagh, will visit his father John's hometown
during an Irish visit that will also take in an
official visit to Dublin. Full details of the visit
are still being finalised. |
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Kavanagh represents the
74th Assembly District, which is located on the East
Side of Manhattan and includes parts of the Lower
East Side, Union Square and Gramercy Park.
He was first elected to the State Assembly in 2006.
A lawyer by profession, he has worked for more than
20 years in the public and community sector. |
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His father, John, of
Upper Main Street, Buncrana, is a retired New York
City police officer. He is a regular visitor to his
hometown since his retirement. He usually makes the
trip home to Inishowen with lifelong pal, Ronnie
Palmer, another Buncrana expat living in the Big
Apple. |
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